“Manufacturing – Supply Chain” Aid Scheme

 The total budget of this scheme for the year 2025 amounts to €150,000,000, of which €75,000,000 concerns aid in the form of enhancing tax exemption. The remaining €75,000,000 concerns aid in the form of subsidy grants, subsidies for leasing, and subsidies for the cost of creating new jobs, and derive from the Public Investment Budget of the Ministry of Development.
For inclusion in this scheme, the minimum eligible cost of the investment plan, which is determined on the basis of the size of the entity, must be:

•  one million Euro (€1,000,000) for large enterprises,
•  five hundred thousand Euro (€500,000) for medium-sized enterprises,
• two hundred and fifty thousand Euro (€250,000) for small businesses,
• one hundred thousand Euro (€100,000) for micro-enterprises
• fifty thousand Euro (€50,000) for Social Cooperative Enterprises (SCEs), Agricultural Cooperatives, Civil Cooperative Enterprises, Organizations of Producers (OoPs), and Agricultural Partnerships (APs).

Each entity participates in the cost of the investment plan either with its own funds, or by means of external financing (or a combination of these). 25% of the cost receiving aid under the investment plan must not include state aid, public support or benefits.

 The beneficiaries of the aid provided for in this scheme are micro, small, medium and large enterprises implementing an investment plan falling within the manufacturing sector (with the exception of the processing of agricultural products) and the supply chain,
under one of the following forms of business:
Commercial Company, Cooperative, Social Cooperative Enterprises (SCEs), Agricultural Cooperatives (APs), Organizations of Producers (OoPs), Civil Cooperative Enterprises, Agricultural Partnerships (APs), Companies under merger, with the obligation to have completed related disclosure procedures before the date of commencement of the works under the investment plan, joint ventures engaged in commercial activity, public and municipal enterprises and their subsidiaries, provided that:

• they have not been assigned to serve a public purpose,
• they have not been entrusted by the State exclusively with the provision of services,
• their operation is not subsidized with public funds for the period of compliance with long-term obligations

• Investment expenses in tangible assets
• Investment expenses in intangible assets
• Salary costs for new job positions

The eligible costs outside regional aid are:

• Expenditure on consultancy services to SMEs
• Expenditure on energy efficiency measures, other than energy efficiency measures in buildings
• Expenditure on the installation of efficient district heating and/or cooling systems
• Expenditure on remedying environmental damage, restoring natural habitats and ecosystems
• Expenditure on efficient use of resources and supporting the transition to a circular economy
• Expenditure on vocational training
• Expenditure on participation of SMEs in trade fairs
• Expenditure on recruitment of disadvantaged workers and workers with disabilities
• Expenditure on consultancy services to SMEs
  
  The eligible costs are detailed in the Call File.
  
   

The following types of incentive aid are provided to investment plans covered by this scheme:

• Tax exemption
• Grant
• Leasing subsidy
• Subsidizing the cost of new job creation
• Incentive for fast-track licensing

Note: For large enterprises, the aid includes the above incentives excluding the grant.
The aid rates for eligible initial investment costs are set in accordance with the ceilings of the Regional Aid Charter. The aid can reach up to 75%, depending on the size of the business and the area of establishment of the investment plan.
The amount of aid granted to each investment plan under this scheme shall not exceed twenty million Euro (€20,000,000), without prejudice to a lower threshold pursuant to Article 4(1) of the GBER.

Funding applications are submitted through the Development Law Information System.

The starting date for submission is 01/07/2025 and the submission deadline is 10/10/2025.

Note that: The minimum required score that each investment plan must obtain in order to be included in the ranking tables is 50 points.